At the beginning of the twentieth century, Hilbert's speech on the Century Question ushered in another hundred-year journey for the Riemann Hypothesis.
And beneath the sweeping backdrop of that turbulent century, the little boat of mathematics, sailing far beyond the sight of ordinary people, left behind a magnificent legend.
Now, this century-long journey celebrating the glory of the human mind had finally reached its end.
Under the eyes of almost the entire world, the presentation answering the Century Question finally began...
The lecture hall was packed.
Even the Corinthia Hotel's largest lecture hall could not accommodate all the attendees and those who had traveled thousands of miles without forcing them into awkward positions.
Some had brought stools from elsewhere, some simply sat on the floor, and others even sat on their suitcases...
Reporters carrying cameras stood at the very back of the hall, with only two or three cameras set up there.
To avoid disrupting the presentation, the IMU Congress organizing committee had granted admission to only a limited number of media outlets. As a result, only internationally influential outlets such as the BBC, CTV, and Columbia Television were present in the lecture hall.
The noise filled the entire hall, almost lifting the roof.
Nearly everyone was discussing the upcoming presentation and the paper Lu Zhou had uploaded to arXiv the day before.
Just then, the faint sound of a door opening came from nearby.
The door near the podium opened, and a figure familiar to everyone walked steadily into the lecture hall.
As though everyone's mouths had been sealed shut, the entire hall fell silent in an instant.
One pair of eager eyes after another focused on him in unison.
Everyone was waiting for him to speak, to announce the start of the presentation...
Lu Zhou glanced around at